Familiarize yourself with the concept of "apex" here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apex_(racing)
I always try to walk a hill before riding it, its a good compulsion to have under your belt. This way you can analyse the pavement and also look an each corner while asking yourself some questions like: Where is the entry point? Where is the apex for that particular corner? And how should i exit to be able to take the next corner?
And remember: every apex is as unique as the corner itself!
I feel your best if you don't touch the rail. If your holding your board you may steer it by pulling on it,bad. Or with your hand on the rail you won't be able to push the board out or really move it at all while sliding,bad. So practice one hand down one hand in the air then that one hand will always be right there just in case you eat it!
I feel your best if you don't touch the rail. If your holding your board you may steer it by pulling on it,bad. Or with your hand on the rail you won't be able to push the board out or really move it at all while sliding,bad. So practice one hand down one hand in the air then that one hand will always be right there just in case you eat it!
I feel your best if you don't touch the rail. If your holding your board you may steer it by pulling on it,bad. Or with your hand on the rail you won't be able to push the board out or really move it at all while sliding,bad. So practice one hand down one hand in the air then that one hand will always be right there just in case you eat it!
that's what i do for heelsides, and i tried one hand up for toesides, but i just feel i have no control. i cant do pretty decent controlled toeside corners if i just old on to the front of the board and keep the other hand on the ground. i guess its time to learn predrifts then... which ill try to learn with one hand.
that's what i do for heelsides, and i tried one hand up for toesides, but i just feel i have no control. i cant do pretty decent controlled toeside corners if i just old on to the front of the board and keep the other hand on the ground. i guess its time to learn predrifts then... which ill try to learn with one hand.
I think that that doesnt really apply for toesides.
Any body got tips for toeside predrifts? I watched preactive predrifter a lot but I would like some additional advice. Thanks.
It's pretty hard to explain how we do it...
The only thing I can say is that you should put lots of weight on your hand... Then only your back foot should control the board...
If you look at the middle of the vid around 1.17minutes, you will see Niko and I throwing one together... At the beginning you can see Anthony throwing a nice one also...
Hope it helps...
It's pretty hard to explain how we do it...
The only thing I can say is that you should put lots of weight on your hand... Then only your back foot should control the board...
If you look at the middle of the vid around 1.17minutes, you will see Niko and I throwing one together... At the beginning you can see Anthony throwing a nice one also...
Hope it helps...
Flavien
Wow that helped a lot. I think I understand it now... I pretty much just do the same thing I do now to drift corner just start the drift sooner. Is that right?
Wow that helped a lot. I think I understand it now... I pretty much just do the same thing I do now to drift corner just start the drift sooner. Is that right?
Hum... not really...
The goal is to come back on the apex right at the beginning of the corner in order to grip the turn...
So the board has to do some kind of a small pendulum slide to come back to its original position at the limit of gripping... and then you try to grip the turn...
It's not just a drift you do earlier to keep on drifiting into the corner...
Any body got tips for toeside predrifts? I watched preactive predrifter a lot but I would like some additional advice. Thanks.
In fact, what you should do is throw a slide before the corner in order to kill some speed,you'll regulate that when holding the slide for as long as you think it's good to go.But you won't throw a coleman as you wanted to stop, it's like you throw the slide and snap back, and keep doing that until you think you're on a safe speed to hit the apex and grip the turn, like on 0:11; 0:40; and 1:24 of Sweet's vid, can you see the board going and comin' back? It's like that.
But remember, same thing I said, start on the outside of the turn, then go to the inside (APEX) and outside again.
Last edited by Largeboarder; 07-26-2009 at 08:50 AM.
In fact, what you should do is throw a slide before the corner in order to kill some speed,you'll regulate that when holding the slide for as long as you think it's good to go.But you won't throw a coleman as you wanted to stop, it's like you throw the slide and snap back, and keep doing that until you think you're on a safe speed to hit the apex and grip the turn, like on 0:11; 0:40; and 1:24 of Sweet's vid, can you see the board going and comin' back? It's like that.
But remember, same thing I said, start on the outside of the turn, then go to the inside (APEX) and outside again.
what are the advantages of the pagan drop.because i kinda like the flush more
hey guys, i nead some help with my heal side hairpin turns, when ever i enter a heelside hairpin, right after the apex of the turn the front of my board will drift a little to the right (i ride goofy), instead of just going straight causing me either to eat pavement or i have to jerk the board to the left for me not to fall. this happens almost everytime, can any of you give me advice on how to prevent this from happening?
thanks
hey guys, i nead some help with my heal side hairpin turns, when ever i enter a heelside hairpin, right after the apex of the turn the front of my board will drift a little to the right (i ride goofy), instead of just going straight causing me either to eat pavement or i have to jerk the board to the left for me not to fall. this happens almost everytime, can any of you give me advice on how to prevent this from happening?
thanks
Well, that's interesting.. There's many factors that may be making you bail.
1) You're probably coming in too fast, so you're probably losing balance.
2) You're probably not smooth in your transfer frok your palms to the wheels, you dove in and you dove back and causing to get those craazy wobbles that throw you off! Don't do that! Check the vid, from the middle to the end, it's almost the same thing.
3) You can work your balance in many ways, cat walking is good.
This used to happen to me, I ride Goofy too.. Following these tips I could prevent this almost everytime!
Is there any other form of slide that will get me to understand the predrift concept? toeside/heelside.
and is it possible to learn these with only knowing how to shutdown slide / half pendy but not a pendy. heh.
Edit: should i just buck up and commit to a high speed corner and try to slide before the corner actually happens and try to regrip? or start out slow and work my speed up and try to break a slide and grip?
Last edited by MetalFace69; 08-13-2009 at 02:10 PM.
Well, that's interesting.. There's many factors that may be making you bail.
1) You're probably coming in too fast, so you're probably losing balance.
2) You're probably not smooth in your transfer frok your palms to the wheels, you dove in and you dove back and causing to get those craazy wobbles that throw you off! Don't do that! Check the vid, from the middle to the end, it's almost the same thing.
3) You can work your balance in many ways, cat walking is good.
This used to happen to me, I ride Goofy too.. Following these tips I could prevent this almost everytime!
Is there any other form of slide that will get me to understand the predrift concept? toeside/heelside.
and is it possible to learn these with only knowing how to shutdown slide / half pendy but not a pendy. heh.
Edit: should i just buck up and commit to a high speed corner and try to slide before the corner actually happens and try to regrip? or start out slow and work my speed up and try to break a slide and grip?
the coleman is a good predrift slide what you described in your edit is basicaly a predrift too they are really fun when u get em down!
another question: is it possible to make a corner at any speed?
i was learning toeside corners in this neighborhood so it was 1.5 lanes going down the hill and one lane at the corner because there were cars parked on the side. it was a 90 degree turn and a pretty steep hill giong into it so i started low and worked my way up. just for an idea i started 20-30 feet up the hill and couldnt grip it. anyway each time i went down i started about 8 feet higher. iget to about 10 feet from the top and coming through the corner im about to hit the parked cars so i turn slighty away from them through the drift and my wheels caught up suddenly and i highsided*. i knew if i hadnt done that i would have been equally boned and hit the parked cars so again is it possible to take a corner at any speed if so how?
*when i fell i fell i such a way that it spread my ass cheeks apart and when i got up i felt wetness so naturally thought my anus was bleeding. it turned out i just sharted i little out of fear.
no matter how good you are, theres always a speed that no turn can be made without slowing prior to the turn. That speed varies from turn to turn. Pavement quality, board setup, turn angle, road width, and many other factors go into that. you should be prepared to drift before a corner, but if u figure out you dont need to, then theres no need to kill speed.
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no matter how good you are, theres always a speed that no turn can be made without slowing prior to the turn. That speed varies from turn to turn. Pavement quality, board setup, turn angle, road width, and many other factors go into that. you should be prepared to drift before a corner, but if u figure out you dont need to, then theres no need to kill speed.
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